And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
Host of the high ones - the heavenly host; i:e., either the visible host of heaven (the present economy of nature, affected by the sun, moon, and stars, the objects of idolatry, being abolished in their relation to this earth, Isaiah 65:17; Isaiah 60:19, simultaneously with the corrupt polity of men), or rather, the invisible rulers of the darkness of this world (Ephesians 6:12), as the antithesis to "the kings of the earth upon the earth" shows. Angels, good and bad, moreover, preside as it were over kingdoms of the world (Daniel 10:13; Daniel 10:20-21). "The kings of the earth" are the confederate anti-Christian kings (Revelation 16:14; Revelation 17:12-14; Revelation 19:19) who shall be 'punished "upon the earth" by the Lord.'